Republican (proto-fascist/socialist) President Theodore Roosevelt signs the Army Reorganization Act of 1903, which creates the General Staff, within the Department of War, for the purpose of better coordinating foreign wars.
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Republican President Theodore Roosevelt—without a constitutional amendment—signs Public Act 87, creating the Department of Commerce and Labor.
[restored 11/8/2020]
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References:
Army Reorganization Act of 1903, 32 Statutes at Large 830 (1903).
Department of Commerce and Labor Act, 32 Public Statutes at Large 825 (1902).
Chalmers Johnson, The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy and the End of the Republic, (New York: Metropolitan, 2004), 45.
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 262.
Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs
www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/165.html#165.1
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